Kremlin's role in the creation of social media Those of us who have followed early social media will remember the importance of Milner's DST investment in Facebook. Facebook received $100M at the time, and this allowed them to scale up and dominate social media. He also invested in a variety of other S... posted 4w ago with 7 replies (collapse hidden) 55 11 Kremlin's role in th (view hidden) 55 11 Good questions. The very least what Kremlin got was an insight into how decisions are made within Silicon Valley -- and this informed (and ensured the viability of!) strategic decisions like: ... 4w ago (collapse hidden) 44 Good questions. The (view hidden) 44 OP here, can you please clarify what was my suggestion that sounds 'conspiratorial'? I don't think influence operations or vested interests are typically conspiratorial. In this particular case, I don't think there's anything conspiratorial at all - other ... 4w ago (collapse hidden) 22 OP here, can you ple (view hidden) 22 $100M investment into Facebook and more is pretty relevant evidence that Kremlin had a much greater degree of both influence in and stake in social media -- supported by research that somehow failed to spread in social media. ... 3w ago (collapse hidden) 33 11 $100M investment int (view hidden) 33 11